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TechCrunch UK & Ireland is a blog covering Web 2.0 and Mobile start-ups. TechCrunch UK is part of the TechCrunch Network, which includes country-specific blogs for France and Japan.
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Recent Events
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FusionGarage CEO Blasts Arrington Over CrunchPad Comments
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Revolving Door Newsletter: 07.24.09
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Tech blog titan Michael Arringtons next big thing: Hardware
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MySpace Music Makes Its Way to the U.K.
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-12-03
TechCrunch submits: By Robin Wauters MOG may well be hitting a sweet spot with its All Access service, but it’s only available in the United States for now. Its most obvious competitor, MySpace Music, was too apart from Australia and New Zealand until recently when the...
Comcast, GE Form Joint Venture: Comcast Entertainment Group
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-12-03
TechCrunch submits: By Robin Wauters Comcast CMCSA and General Electric GE announced Thursday that they agreed to form a joint venture that will be 51 percent owned by Comcast and 49 percent by GE. The joint venture, which will consist of the NBC Universal businesses and Comcast’s cable...
News Faster than News Outlets: Why the Internet (and Twitter) Wins
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-11-27
TechCrunch submits: By MG Siegler Undoubtedly by now you’ve heard about Tiger Woods’ car crash. Early reports had him in serious condition (which, remember, is better than critical condition) after he apparently hit a fire hydrant and a tree while leaving his home in his SUV....
Operation Failure: News Corp. Plans to Charge for One-Day Access to The Times
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-11-17
TechCrunch submits: By Robin Wauters Newspapers continue to struggle with finding an economically viable and sustainable business model for the production and distribution of news on the Web, and not a day passes without me reading about some idiotic statement about the future of online news or journalism...
A Sneak Peak at NYT?s Latest Online News Reader
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-11-11
TechCrunch submits: By Robin Wauters The New York Times Company NYT is considering the launch of a brand new online news reader that would let people experience the consumption of NYTimes.com content in an entirely new and fairly innovative way. The publisher has reached out...
Europe's Biggest Newspaper Forcing Purchase of Its iPhone App
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-11-06
TechCrunch submits: By Markus Goebel So much for the coming mobile nirvana of free mobile content – at least for iPhone users in Germany. Today Europe’s biggest newspaper, BILD-Zeitung, intends to use, in effect, brute force to compel users buy its new iPhone app. The paper...
Marvel Comics: Coming to an iPhone Near You
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-11-02
TechCrunch submits: By Daniel Brusilovsky If you are a comics fan, you are going to like this (unless you’re a print purist). Panelfly is partnering with Marvel Comics, one of the largest comic book companies in the world, to bring...
Disney Puts All Those Flimsy Paperbacks Online
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-09-29
TechCrunch submits: By John Biggs As a parent I love a little one-on-one time with the son and daughter in front of a good book. What I don’t like are those crap-gasmic Disney DIS books that float through every child’s book collection, titles...
Ridiculous: Verizon Pays ASCAP $5M Interim License Fee for Ringtones
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-09-25
TechCrunch submits: By Robin Wauters The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers ASCAP recently made the ridiculous assertion that cellphone ringtones are to be considered “public performances” of music under the Copyright Act and thus require a license. As Ars Technica eloquently pointed out, the claim is...
MySpace Music Rolls Out a Sleek New Homepage
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-09-16
TechCrunch submits: By Leena Rao MySpace may not be the leader in the social networking space anymore, but its free music streaming site, MySpace Music, has been growing fast. Which is why it’s not surprising that the social network is continuing to improve on this popular...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
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| James Thomas | Founder of the Company |
| Michael Arrington | Founder |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Techcrunch | Founder of the Company | Current |
Michael Arrington is the founder and editor of TechCrunch.com, one of the premier Web publishing ventures devoted to startups and new Web technologies. Michael got his law degree at Stanford Law School and practiced law before joining a series of startups, including RazorGator (where he was chief operating officer) and Pool.com, a privately-held, Ottawa-based company where he was CEO. He is also the co-founder of a Web service called Edgeio.com. Michael has been quoted and/or featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Business Week magazine and other leading publications.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Techcrunch | Founder | Current |
| Edgeio | Co-Founder | Current |
| Nahmer | Founder | Current |
| Techcrunch | Editor | Current |
| Edgeio | Board of Directors | Current |
Executive News
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The Morality And Effectiveness Of Process Journalism
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Get the Tech Scuttlebutt! (It Might Even Be True.)
Industry Transcripts by Seeking Alpha
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Warner Music Group F4Q09 (Qtr End 9/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
on Nov 24, 2009about WMG
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Image Entertainment Inc. F2Q10 (Qtr End 30/09/09) Earnings Call Transcript
on Nov 12, 2009about DISK
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Walt Disney F4Q09 (Qtr End 10/3/09) Earnings Call Transcript
on Nov 12, 2009about DIS
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Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
on Nov 11, 2009about NXST
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Gray Television, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
on Nov 09, 2009about GTN
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